“The road to the universe begins in the village.”

Aiming High: The Quest for Empowerment through Ingenuity and Cosmos Dreams are a film and multi-media project developed with the support of the Radius Foundation and the Fulbright National Geographic Storytelling Fellowship.

National Geographic Field Notes

Exploring intersections of aspiration and reality, sky, nomadism and STEM, this project explores how a small metal cube has become the vessel for the hopes and dreams of the women of the Kyrgyz Space Program,
who aim to launch the country’s first satellite.